Can you really call it your summer reading book if you wait until almost September to get the book and then have to rush to read it and get the little assignment done before school is back in session? …

A short article in Working Mother magazine reminds us that your child’s backpack should not weigh more than their age. So for my daughters that would mean backpacks that weigh 13 pounds and 16 pounds. …

Offering flavored milks — chocolate or strawberry — in school cafeterias was a big point of contention in Jamie Oliver’s reality TV show “Food Revolution” where the chef goes into schools and tries to …